Emira i4 with 509hp/633Nm

[Dirtymix]

Hi,

I will receive this week my i4 emira and since the beginning, as it was the m139 engine, i have in mind to tune it like the a45s where it come from.
Maybe it is easier to work on the chinese version which come with 400hp stock ?

I saw that IG post :
Pretty impressive result! What are your opinions about it ?

 

[Bellsemple]

Great to see performance developments for the i4. Be nice to get a drivers review of how the car drives with all the modifications.

 

[Andy H]

It's encouraging to see that companies are prepared to put in the work on a relatively small potential market. Working from their numbers, I'm assuming they started with a 400bhp engine. It would be interesting to know if the 360bhp variant would also make the same numbers with the appopriate piggyback.

I see it includes a OPF Delete which would be good for sound but bad for compliance here in the UK as it could lead to an MOT fail on visual or emissions checks.

 

[Dirtymix]

It's encouraging to see that companies are prepared to put in the work on a relatively small potential market. Working from their numbers, I'm assuming they started with a 400bhp engine. It would be interesting to know if the 360bhp variant would also make the same numbers with the appopriate piggyback.

I see it includes a OPF Delete which would be good for sound but bad for compliance here in the UK as it could lead to an MOT fail on visual or emissions checks.

I think the 360 and 400hp engine are the same, it is just detuned for UE tax and V6 marketing.
And yes about the opf delete, I think the same, would be great to have a good compromised to keep the car legal.

 

[TurboTambo]

Hi,

I will receive this week my i4 emira and since the beginning, as it was the m139 engine, i have in mind to tune it like the a45s where it come from.
Maybe it is easier to work on the chinese version which come with 400hp stock ?

I saw that IG post :
Pretty impressive result! What are your opinions about it ?

I need this
How long until a plug in chip is available, so we don't need to take the car into a tuner. Not much choice here in Western Australia!!

 

[HankRS225]

Exciting news! Can't wait to see more results!

 

[675430VME]

Hi,

I will receive this week my i4 emira and since the beginning, as it was the m139 engine, i have in mind to tune it like the a45s where it come from.
Maybe it is easier to work on the chinese version which come with 400hp stock ?

I saw that IG post :
Pretty impressive result! What are your opinions about it ?

Unfortunately that is not the case. I know the owner, and obviously he was scammed by the shop using calibrated data. Simple truth is that a Racechip will not get you anywhere near 500 hp, it is just common sense. My tuner did a few pulls with the Racechip on a Mainline dyno, the best you get is around 25 hp, which is around 30-40 hp for other dyno machines since Mainline is known to be conservative.

 

[675430VME]

Hi,

I will receive this week my i4 emira and since the beginning, as it was the m139 engine, i have in mind to tune it like the a45s where it come from.
Maybe it is easier to work on the chinese version which come with 400hp stock ?

I saw that IG post :
Pretty impressive result! What are your opinions about it ?

If you want a faster 0-60, replace your seats with CF ones and a set of light weight rims, you should be able to get down to 3.5 as my tuner did.

 

[Dirtymix]

Unfortunately that is not the case. I know the owner, and obviously he was scammed by the shop using calibrated data. Simple truth is that a Racechip will not get you anywhere near 500 hp, it is just common sense. My tuner did a few pulls with the Racechip on a Mainline dyno, the best you get is around 25 hp, which is around 30-40 hp for other dyno machines since Mainline is known to be conservative.

Thanks for your feedback

 

[TurboTambo]

Unfortunately that is not the case. I know the owner, and obviously he was scammed by the shop using calibrated data. Simple truth is that a Racechip will not get you anywhere near 500 hp, it is just common sense. My tuner did a few pulls with the Racechip on a Mainline dyno, the best you get is around 25 hp, which is around 30-40 hp for other dyno machines since Mainline is known to be conservative.

That's annoying... i suppose we all just need to wait for the ECU to be cracked.

 

[lynchy73]

Unfortunately that is not the case. I know the owner, and obviously he was scammed by the shop using calibrated data. Simple truth is that a Racechip will not get you anywhere near 500 hp, it is just common sense. My tuner did a few pulls with the Racechip on a Mainline dyno, the best you get is around 25 hp, which is around 30-40 hp for other dyno machines since Mainline is known to be conservative.

It wasn’t supposed to be 500hp, with just the race chip, that was alongside some exhaust and inlet changes too.

Not saying their numbers are real or accurate, but those changes should provide some descent gains even if the gains are a bit less than claimed. My I4 is definitely faster after I’ve added the exhaust and sports cat.

Mid 400s to 500hp in a DCT I4 Emira is gonna be pretty quick, especially if you can also drop a little weight too.

 

[Andy H]

It wasn’t supposed to be 500hp, with just the race chip

Agreed. That spec was more towards a stage 2 in old money. That's quite a significant set of mods over stock. A piggyback is never going to be as effective as a proper remap but there's always a significant overhead built into turbo cars to ensure they make the advertised power in all possible conditions (heat, humidity, altitude, fuel quality etc). That's why simple ECU maps can easily yield 10-20% gains. I suspect the biggest challenge with the i4 engine will be heat soak as there's a limit to how much air you can get through those side vents.

By comparison, EST have stage 1 and stage 2 packages for the A45s which make the numbers quoted above look conservative!